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Managing Emotional Problems in Rescue Dogs

4 The Love Of Animals

Many dogs are rescued out of abusive or traumatic situations, causing them to exhibit a wide variety of emotional and behavioral problems. Sadly, however, one of the reasons people are hesitant to adopt these dogs is because of the assumption that such dogs are always “damaged goods,&# and can’t be re-trained.

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Animal Researchers' Emotional Blackmail

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Here's a succinct letter to the editor that summarizes the emotional blackmail propogated by animal researchers. It is all about convincing us that a cure for everything is just around the corner as long as we keep funding their animal research gravy train. From the Spokesman-Review in Spokane, WA. It is designed to prey on our fears.

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The Emotional Lives of Animals

4 The Love Of Animals

Many animals also display wide-ranging emotions, including joy, happiness, empathy, compassion, grief, and even resentment and embarrassment. It’s not surprising that animals—especially, but not only, mammals—share many emotions with us because we also share brain structures—located in the limbic system—that are the seat of our emotions.

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Appreciation post for my best friend

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This dog is not just a dog, she is hyper intelligent and responds to my emotions, she can read and respond to WRITTEN English commands. Training her is a dream, she’s just so smart and eager to please. When we go to sleep at night and settle down we both sigh in exact sync ?. If I tell her “bark”at something she does.

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How Pets Can Improve Your Health

4 The Love Of Animals

Expert cites scientifically-proven therapeutic, physical and emotional health benefits of loving and caring for a pet. But, pets also become bona fide family members with which we establish genuine relationships—incomparable emotional bonds that can have extraordinarily positive physical and psychological impacts on humans.

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Pet Doors

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The Top Techniques For At Home Pet Door Training, guest article from PetDoors.com. The following list outlines the top techniques for introducing and training your pet to use cat and dog doors. Also, try not letting your pet use the real door for further training enforcement. Right Size Matters. Door Flaps. Consistency??That

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Sen. Franken to Introduce Bill to Increase Use of Service Dogs for Vets

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My bill will help train a statistically significant number of dogs to measure the benefits to veterans with physical and emotional wounds. Al Franken (suck on that Bill O'Reilly) has introduced a bill to increase the number of service dogs for vets returning from Iraq and Afghanistan.

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